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Tenn. Code Ann. § 23-3-108 (2026)

Falsely representing self as a lawyer

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Acts 1955, ch. 259, § 1; T.C.A., § 29-312; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 27.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1997–2026 · leading case: State v. Pinkham, 955 S.W.2d 956 (Tenn. 1997).
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State v. Pinkham, 955 S.W.2d 956 (Tenn. 1997). · cites it 2× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 23-3-108 (1994), a Class E felony.”
Fitzpatrick v. Law Solutions Chi., LLC, 584 B.R. 203 (E.D. Tenn. 2018). · cites it 2× “Tennessee provides a private cause of action for "[a]ny person who suffers a loss of money or property, real, personal or mixed, or any other article, commodity or thing of value wherever situated, as a result of an action or conduct by any person that is declared to be unlawful…”
State of Tennessee v. Andy L. Allman (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). · cites it 32× “As pointed out by the State, nothing in the plain language of section 23-3-108 or in the definitions in the statutory scheme provides that section 23-3-108(a) applies only to non-attorneys.”
State of Tennessee, Ex Rel. Herbert Slatery III v. The Witherspoon Law Grp. PLLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 16× “23-3-103(a) and (b) (emphasis added). Additionally, “[i]t is unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, falsely to advertise the person as, or hold the person out as, a lawyer.”
Mahon (M.D. Tenn. 2026). · cites it 2× “§ 39-16 - 504, and Tenn. Code Ann. § 23-3-108 (Doc. No. 15 at p.”
— Tenn. Code Ann. § 23-3-108(a) — 1 case
State of Tennessee v. Andy L. Allman (Tenn. Crim. App. 2024). “As pointed out by the State, nothing in the plain language of section 23-3-108 or in the definitions in the statutory scheme provides that section 23-3-108(a) applies only to non-attorneys.”
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